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slight rattling in his throat, his eyes
retaining their brightness, and his
countenance its natural expression
until the last breath, (which was
drawn with a deep insuiration,) when
his eyes suddenly became dim. They
were immediately closed by Mr. Ven
able. After Mr. Calhoun 's eyes were
closed his countenance was that of
one who had fallen quickly asleep. He
was conscious to the last monent.
"At about 8 o'clock on the even
ing previous to his death Mr. Cal
houn remarked that his mind was
never clearer: that he had great facili
ty in arranging his thoughts; and in
reply to a remark of his son's, that
he, was fearful he was over-tasking
his mind with thinking, he said: "I
cannot avoid thinking of the politi
cal affairs of the country. If I could
do more good than on any previous
occasion of my life."
The Announcement of-His Death.
The announcement of Mr. Cal
houn's death in the Senate chamber
Monday, April 1, 1850,was as follows:
On the motion of Mr. King the
reading of the Journal of Thursday
was dispensed with.
Mr. Butler rose and said: "Mr.
President, I rise to discharge a mourn
ful duty, and one which involves in
it considerations well calculated to
arrest the attention of this body. It
is to announce the death of my late
colleague, the'Hon John Caldwell Cal
,houn. He died at his lodgiug in
this city, yesterday morning, at half
past 7 o'clock. He was conscious of
his approaching end, and met death
with fortitude and uncommon serenity
He had many admonitions of its ap
proach, and without doubt he had not
been indifferent to them. With his
'usual aversion to professions he said
nothing for mdre effect on the world,
and his last hours were an exemplifi
cation of his life and character, truth
anjd simplicity.
"Mr. Calhoun, for some years past,
had been suffering under'a pulmonary
complaint, and under its effects could
have reckoned but on a short exist
ence. Such was his own conviction.
The immediate cause of his death was
an affection of the "heal-t. A few
hours before he, expired he became
sensible of his situation, and when' he
was unable to speak his eye and look
evinced recognition and intelligence
of what -awas passing. One of the
last directions he gave was to a duti
ful son, who had been attending him,
to put away some manuscripts which
had been written a short time before,
under his'dictation.''"
These were the opening paragraphs
of the, address of Senator Butler, who
. spoke at some length of Calhoun's~
life and services and character, and
concluded with the usual resolutions
of respect and a motion to adjourn.
Henry Clay's Tribute.
Senator Clay then rose and said:
"Mr. President: Prompted by my
own feeling of profound regret and
by the intimations of some highly es
teemed friends, I wish, in rising to
second the resolutions which have
been offered, and which have just
been read, to add a few words to what
has been'so well and so justly said by
the surviving colleague of the illus
trious deceased.''
After speaking of their long as
:sociation in Congress and of Calhoun's
services in the Cabinet, the eloquent
Kentuckian continued:
"Sir, he has gone! No more shall we
-witness from yonder seat the flashes
of the keen and penetrating eye of
his, darting through this chamber.
]No more shall we be thrilled by that
torrent of clear, concise, compact
logic, poured out from his lips, which
if it did not always carry conviction
to our- judgment, always commanded
our~ great" admiration. Those. eyes
and those lips -are closed forever."*
I will only~ say in a few words that he
possessed an elevated genius of the
'highest order; that in felicity of gen
eralization of the subjects of which
his mind treated, I have seen him sur
passed by no one; and the charm and
eaptivating influence of his colloquial
powers have-been felt by all who have
conversed with him. I was his senior,
Mr. President, in years-in years,
nothing' else. According to the course
of nature, I ought to have preceded
him. It has been decreed otherwis6,
but I know that I shall linger here
only a short time, and shall soon fol
low him.
"And how brief, how short is the
period of human existence allotted
even to the youngest amongst us!
Sir, ought we not to profit by the
contemplation of this melancholy
occasion? Ought we not to draw from
it the conclusion how unwise it is to
indulge in the acerbity of unbridled
debate? How unwise to yield,.our
selves to the sway of the animosities
of party feeling? How wronfg it is to
indulge in those unhappy and hot
strifes which too often exasperate
our feelings and mislead our judg
ments in the discharge of the high and
responsible duties which we are cal
led to perform?i How unbecoming, if
not presumptuous, it is in us, who
are the tenants of an hour in this
earthly abode, to wrestle and struggle
together with a violence which would
not be justifiable if it were our per
petual home!''
What Webster Said.
Three other Se'nators spoke: Web
ster, of Massachusetts; Rusk, of
Texas, and Clemens, of Alabama. Our
limits allow us, though the full text
of these three speeches are in hand,
but. a paragraph from each of the two
first named. Mr. Webster said:
"Sir, I have not in public nor in
private life known a more assiduous
person in the discharge of his appro
priate duties. I have known no man
who wasted less of life in what is
called recreation, or employed.less of
it in any pursuits not connected with
the immediate discharge of his duty.
He seemed to have no recreation but
the pleasure of conversation with his
friends. Out of the chambers of Con
gress he was either devoting himself
to the acquistion of knowledge per
taining to the immediate subject of
the duty before him, or else he was
indulging in those social interviews
in which he so much delighted."
Senator Thomas Jefferson -Rusk, of
Texas, was a son of the man who
built the "Old Stone Church." In
his brief address he said:
"Mr. President, I hope it will not
be considered inappropriate for me
to say a word upon this solemn oc
casion. Being a native of the same
State with the distinguished Senator
whose death has cast a gloom upon
this Senate and the au}ience here as
sembled, I had the good fortune at
an early period of my life, to make his
acquaintance. At that time he was
just entering on that bright career
which has now terminated. I was
then a boy, with prospects 'anything
but flattering. To him, at that per
iod, I was indebted for words of kind
ness and encouragement, and often
since in the most critical positions' in
which I have been placed, a recur
rence to those words of encourage
ment has inspired me with resolution
to meet difficulties that beset my
path. Four years ago I had the plea
sure of renewing that acquaintance,
after an absen2e of some fifteen years,
and this took place after he had taken
an active part in the question of
annexing Texas to the United States,
adding a new sense of obligation to
my feeling of gratitude.''
Funeral Exercises in'Senate Chamber.
The remains of the deceased were
brought into the Senate at 12 o 'clock.
April 2, attended by the committee
of arrangements and the pallbearers.
The committee were: Messrs Mason,
Davis, Atchison, Dodge, ,Dickinson
and Greene. The pallbearers: Messrs.
Mangum, Clay, Webster, Cass, King
and Berrien.
The chaplain of the Senate, the Rev.
C. M. Butler, preached a sermon from
the sixth and seventh verses of the
82d Psalm: "I haves aid ye are gods,
and all of you are children of the
Most High, but ye shall die like men,
and fall like one of the princes.''
The funeral cortege left the Senate
chamber for the body was tempora
rily deposited, in the following order:
The chaplains of both houses of Con
gress, physicians who attended the
deceased, committee of arrangements,
pallbearers, the family and friends of
the deceased, the Senator and Repre
sentatives from the State of South
Carolina, as mourners, the sergeant
at-arms of the senate of the United
States, the sergeant-at-arms of the
House of Representatives, the House
of Representatives, preceded by their
speaker and clerk, the President of
the United States, the heads of de
partments, the Chief Justice and As
sociate Justices of the Supreme Court
of the United States and its officers,
the diplomatic corps, Judges of the
United States, officers of the execu
tive department, officers of the army
and navy, the mayor and councils of
Washington, citizens and strangers.
In Th'e House of Representatives.
Appropriate exercises were held in
the hall of the House of Representa
tives, April 1, and eloquent addresses
delivered by Mr. Holmes, of South
Carolina; Mr. Winthrop, of Massach
usetts, and Mr. Venable, of North
Carolina.
The Body Taken to Charleston.
At 12 M., April 25, 1850, the steamer
Nica, bearing the body, touched
Smith's wharf. The remains were
taken to the Citadel Square and there
the chairman of the committee, Sen
ator Mason, of Virginia, "surrender
ed his sacred trust'' to Governor Sea
brook, of South Carolina. The great
procession escorted the remains to
City Hall. "Along the streets through
which the procession passed the public
and private buildings and temples,
of worship were draped with mourn
ing, the windows and doors of the
houses were closed, and no on'e was
seen to gaze upon the spectacle. It
seemed that those who did not partici
+a irectly in the obsequies were
mourning within.''
At the City Hall the body remained
in state until the next day, when it
was borne by the guard of honor to
St. Philip's Church. Bishop Gads
den, "with great feeling and solemn
ity, read the burial service, to which
succeeded an eloquent funeral dis
course by the Rev. Mr. Miles. The
holy rites ended, the body was again
borne by the guard of honor to the
western cemetery of the church to the
tomb erected for its temporary abode,
a solid structure of masonry raised
above the surface, and lined with
cedar wood. Nearly, pendant from
the tall spar that supported it, droop
ed the flag of the Union, its folds
mournfully sweeping the verge of the
tomb, as swayed by the passing wind.
Wrapped in the pall that first cover
ed it on reaching the shores of Car
olina, the iron coffin, with its sacred
trust, was lowered to its resting place,
and the massive marble slab, simply
inscribed with the name of "Cal
houn," adjusted to its position. The
lingering multitude then slowly pas
sed from the burial ground.
"And we left him alone with his
glory."
The last officey of respect and ven
eration, such as no other man ever re
ceived from the hearts and hands of
Carolinians, had been rendered, but it
was felt by all that no monument
could be raised too high for his ex
cellence, no record too enduring for
his virtue.
"Tanto nomini nullum par elo
gium.''
For many weeks after the interment
the marble that covered the tomb was
daily strewn with roses and other fra
grant flowers, and vases containing
such and filled with water, freshly
renewed, were placed around the spon
taneous offerings of the people. An
oak, the emblem of his strength of
character, was planted at the foot,
and a willow, whose branches soon
drooped over the grave, became a
type of the general sorrow.
A Favorite Daughter's triubte.
The late Mr. John F. Calhoun,
grandnephew of the Senator, once
let the speaker read and copy an arti
le in Mrs. Clemson's handwriting, a
faded sheet of mourning paper, writ
ten in the Capital of far-away Bel
gium. Listen to the expressions of
the grief of a favorite daughter:
"Oh! my dearest father, can it be
possible I shall never see you more!
Has that noble heart ceased to beat
is that eye of genius closed forever
Shall I never again be welcomed by
that sweet smil'e and that extended
hand 7 Shall I never again hear that
voice utter words of affection or ap
proval, which filled my heart with
gladness?7 How could so much good
ness, so much greatness leave us so
soon? We might have hoped that you
would have been spared us many years
and I, your daughter, I who knew
you best and loved you most was far
away. I had not even the melancholy
satisf action of soothing your last
hours! Did you think of me, dear
father, in that solemn moment? Did
you remember what an aching viod
your death would cause in your
daughter's heart ? You to whom every
action of my life was referred. Did
I act as I thought you would approve
I said my father would be pleased
did I feel inclined to fail in any duty,
or give way to selfislm'ess, the thought
that you would blame me did 'you
know it was sufficient to restrain me.
No one, not even you, knew what you
were to me. You were the embodiment
of my mind of the perfection of hu
man virtue, and when harassed as we
all are I lost courage, I had only to
think of your noble firmness and
cheerful philosophy, and shame for
my momentary weakness, and cour
age for the future, sprang up in my
mind. To be thought worthy to be
your daughter was my highest am
bition-to be approved by you my
greatest reward.
"Where is your equal to be found?
For me your public life and services
are but the smallest part of pour ex
cellencies. Your lofty and uncalcula
ting patriotism, great and rare as it
was, became only one of the many at
tributes of. your noble character. It
was the rare perfection in every part
which rendered your mind and life
the highest exemplification of human
virtue. Who, like you, combined
the most unbending firmness where
principle was concerned, with the
yielding softness of a woman where
only your feelings were in question?
The austerity of a cynic was com
bined in you with the softest and gen
tlest affection. The grave demeanor
of a Roman Senator gave place at the
proper moment to the frankest gaiety.
Capable of efforts of thoughts and
concentratiori of mind almost super
natural. You loved and found plea
sure in the simplest thing. With a
genius mathematical in its rectangular
demonstrations, no one loved, or ap
preciated more, music. poetry or the
beauties of nature. How often have
eanipaign and before the primary
election. render to the clerk of the
c(1u1rt. (or secretary of state as here
inbefore provided) under oath, an
itemized statement of all money spent
or provided by me during the cam
pai,n i for camnpaign purposes up to
that time. and I further pledge that
I will, immediately after the primary
election or elections that I am candi
date in, render an itemized statement,
under oath, showing all further mon
eys spent or provided by me in said
election: Providid, That a failure to
comply with this provision shall ren
der such election null and void, in as
far as the candidate who fails to file
the statement herein required, but
ishall not affect the validity of the
election of any candidate complying
with this section: And provided, fur
ther. That such itemized statement
and pledge shall be open to public
inspection at all times.
See. 3. That any violation of the
provisions of this act shall be a misde
meanor. and any person, upon con
viction thereof, shall be fined not less
than $100 nor more than $500, or be
imprisoned at hard labor for not less
than one month nor more than six
months,. or both fine and imprison
ment, in the discretion of the court.
A man is nearly always ashamed to
admit he never was wild.
18th
Making Eighteen Hi
CHOICE TENNESSEE
'and While it Lasts to
Best Patent $5.C
Best half Pat. $4
Best Meal 75c. t
Best Grits $1.75
Don't pay any more, don't be s,
akc.ng. save money and buy from w
Our immense stock of spring got
ties and fancy goods and staples, o
ing novelties in millinery. Come a
right thing in prices, style, quality~
ply cannot beat us, we don't mall
you up on balance, people getti,
and looking out more for No. i. (
Forty years experience counts sor
don't you forget it,
PROSPEF
Of the condition of the Exchan
the close of business March 3:
mity with an act of the General
Resources.
Loans and Discounts .. $137022 71
Furniture and Fixtures ..3324 15
Due from Banks .........6223 17
Over drafts..........111 65
Cash and Cash Items .. .. 15501 19
$162182 87
Personaly appeared before me M. L.
who swears that the above statement is
belief.
Sworn to before me this the 2nd day<
Attest.
Edw. R. Hijpp,
Geo. B. Cromner.
STA T]
Of the condition of The Comrr
at the Close of business, Marci
Resources.
Notes Discounted .. .....$377487 64
Furniture & Fixtures.. ..3051 93
Due from Banks ........51531 70
Overdrafts...........2807 42
Cash and Cash Items .. .. 13934 12
-$448812 81
State of South Carolina, 1
County of Newerry f
I J. Y. McFall, Cashier of the aboa
statement is true to the best of my kno
Sworn to be
Attest.
Z F. Wright,
Jno. M. Kinard,
W. H. Hurtt.
NEW STORE.
I am now opening up a nice
stock of gocds in the store
room formerly occupied by E.
M. Evans & Co.. on Main St.,
opposite the court house. Am
asking now the pub'.ic general
ly come in and inspect my
stock before making thieir pur
chases.
My 1tock consists of Dry
Goods, Groceries, etc. Call
in to see. Will be delighted to
make you close prices on every
thing-and satisfaction guaran
teed.
Yours for business,
W. R. REID.
Prepared to furnish every
thingi n the way of supplies.
CAR3
indred Barrels of that
FLOUR Just Received
Go at
O { Every bbl.
.40 f guaranteed.
ushel.
Sack.
4:ched off by argument, come right
s arriving embracing all the novel
r Mrs. Moseley in the North select
d see us, we are prepared to do the
,&c., for an all round bill you sim
:e a cut price on one thing and burn
g educated and opening their eyes
ame and see us and be convinced.
ething, we will treat you right and
ITY, S. C.
/IENT.
e Bank of Newberry, S. C., at
Ist, 1906. Published in comf or
Assembly.
Liabilities.
Capital Stock .........$50000 00
Profits less expense .. .'. 4713 14
Deposits viz.
Banks $1142.56
Individuals 80550.83
Bils pyabe........ 81693 39
Bils pyabe . . . .10000 00
Re Discounts .. .........15776 34
$162182 87
Spearman Cashier of the above Bank,
orrect to the best of his knowledge and
M L Spearman, Cashier.
April, 1906.
J. C. Wilson, J P. N.C.
VENT.
rcial Bank of Newberry, S. C.
3st, 1906.'
Liabilities.
Capital Stock .........$50000 00
Profits less all exp. paid .. 42645 72
Due Banks .... ........4339 89
Dividends Unpaid,.. .....707 A(0
Re Discounts .... .....70000 00
Individual Deposits .. .. 281120 20
448812 81
e named Bank, swear that the above
wiedge and belief.
J. Y. McFall,
Cashier.
fore me this 2nd day of April, 1906.
H. T. Renwick,
N. P. of S. C.
I seen you at the approaeh (it a
torin or in view of s,ame na,inifi
cent scene. with all the delidht of the
ist iniaginative poet. in the specta
:e. Oh! best of husbands, fathers.
friends, where were the faults which
proved your human origin ? Who
can recall a single word or action of
yours they would wish changed ?
Best of masters, you are lamented by
the honest, unbought tears of your de
pendents. Whoever retained at your
advanced age, and after a life so
agitated, so much of the milk of liu
man kindness? You never ridiculed a
friend or abused an enemy."
The Funeral Oft Measures the Man.
Some critic may say, young gentle
men, it seems strange for an invited
speaker to spend forty minutes telling
young men of the death and burial of
an old man, just sixty years ago. The
speaker, believing a man's funeral
often measures the man, recalling the
funeral of Jefferson Davis and of
Abraham Lincoln, of James A. Gar
field and of William McKinley, has
selected his subject and shaped his
address with a single purpose in mind
to stimulate your interest in a life
time study of the life and services
and character of the great Carolinian,
whose home for a quarter of a cen
tury was in yonder "old mansion"
a study that will "swell resolve, breed
hardihood. be stuff for strength."
CANDIDATES AND PLEDGES.
Must Swear Not to Use Money or
Liquor And After Election Must
Render an Itemized State
ment of All Expenditures.
An act pased by the legislature of
1903, but which has now been forgot
ten by about everybody. affects, in an
important way, candidates in the com
iny Democratice club meetings, county
and State conventions. primary elee
tions.
This -act forbids "any person by
threats. or any other form of intimida
tion, or by the payment, delivery or
promise of money, or other article of
value'" to induce ''another to vote
for or against any particular candi
date in such election."
Section 2 of the act requires every
candidate ''before he shall enter up
on his campaign'' to file a pledge
that lie ''will not give nor spend mon
ev or use intoxicating liquors for the
purpos5e of obtaining or influencing
votes.'' the pledge requiring hin
'immediatelv after the primary" to
file an itemnized statement whieb~
'shall be open to public inspection,"
showing under oath ''all, further mon
eys spent or provided by me in said
election.'
The act makes null the election of
any one who fails to comply with its
provisions.
Though his duties do not require
him to do so, State Chairman Jones,
out of the interest he feels in the par
ty, and exercising characteristic care
to save his friends and acquaintances
from the consequences of neglect or
oversight, is taking great pains to get
this act under the eye of everyone
intending to become a candidate in
the coming election. He is having
several hundred copies of the act
printed in order to distribute thew
himself and send others out to the
county chairmen with a request that
they personally see that the candi
dates comply with the law in time.
County candidates file these pledges
with thie clerk of court while candi
dates in more than one county, such
as would be solicitors, congressmen,
State officers and the like, are re
quired to file the pledge with the see
retary of state.
Following is a copy of the act:
Section 1. At or'before every politi
cal primary election held by any poli
tical party. organization or associa
tin. for the purpose of choosing can
didates for office or the election of
delegates to conventions in this state,
any person who shall, by threats or
any other form of intimidation or by
the payment, delivery or promise of
money, or any other article of value,
procure or offer, promise or endea
vor to procure another candidate in
such election, or who shall for any
such consideration, offer to so vote,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Setion 2. Every candidate offering
for election, unider the provisions of
section 1, shall make the following
pledge and file the same with the
clerk of the court of common pleas
for the eounty in which he is a can
didate. unless he should be a candi
date in more than one county, in which
case he shall file same with the secre
tary of state, before he shall enter
upon his campaign, to wit: I, the un
dersigned of the county
of- the state of South Car
olia. candidate for the office of
.hereby pledge that I
will not give nor spend money, or use
intoxicating liquors for the purpose
of obtaining or influencing votes, and
tht sall, at the conclusion of the